[PSA] Beware of exe files, how to safely open them

koppandrea

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Hello,
As a fellow computer enthusiast I discovered this forum and tried the different methods on it. There’s a recurrent scheme that occurs on every post: people writing thank you, great... etc just to open the link. These messages can be understood as confirmation of a program working, but don’t be fooled:

Gift card generators do NOT EXIST and if they did, they wouldn’t go for free. Do not fall for old methods as they are probably burned out! I’ve scanned a few exes to see how infected they were...Like damn. Remember it’s a website with a lot of scammers.

anyway, if you wanna be safe with exes use a Virtual Machine at least and disable all folder sharing, but this may not be enough. A better solution is to open up windows on another hard drive ready to be formatted. Don’t open malicious files on a family computer or such as you could put your personal lives in danger...! Stay safe guys
 
thanks for this post... another great tool for those out there running "questionable" program is sandboxie.